Portside

On Veterans Day, we honor Gerald Sloan’s poem, commissioned by a local symphony to be recited at a choral performance of Wilfred Owen's famous sonnet (see below).

In Tuesday’s midterm elections, a majority of Illinois voters backed the Workers Rights Amendment which will enshrine the ability to organize. A coalition of unions, along with socialists, helped propel the campaign.

A new anthology edited by Charisse Burden-Stelly and Jodi Dean highlights the legacy and enduring relevance of Black communist women’s political activism in the early 20th century.

Support for Initiative 82 was decisive. Every ward in the city overwhelmingly approved the measure, even wealthy Ward 3, which turned down a previous Initiative.

This new book assesses the current state of global capitalism and the new social movements that have arisen in response to recent transformations in the system.

Nebraskans who make minimum wage will be paid $15 per hour in 2026, as voters approved a hike Tuesday night.

Director Phyllis Nagy told Jezebel it was important for her to “normalize this very common healthcare procedure, which it’s never treated as in movies.”

Music supervisors requested Netflix and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers voluntarily recognize their union earlier this year, which would have skipped the step of a formal election, but they declined.

Penzey wasn’t the first C.E.O. to advocate for progressive values. But he has consistently used his business as a platform to deliver messages about truth in science, mass shootings, marriage equality.

Hospitality workers enjoy unusual clout in Nevada, where the powerful Las Vegas culinary union is rallying members to tip close races.